Dolores Huerta Endorses Kamala Harris

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“I have spent my career advocating for workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, women’s rights, and on behalf of the LBGTQ community because I believe our country is only as great as the opportunities we afford all our communities,” Huerta said. “Senator Kamala Harris is the right leader to expand those opportunities as president, and I am proud to endorse her.”

Huerta also praised Harris, whom she’s supported in the past, for fighting on behalf of and giving a voice to the vulnerable — and singled out her work on criminal justice reform and for immigrants, ranging “from creating innovative programs to help first-time offenders get education and job training to avoid recidivism, to demanding that California and our country protect immigrant communities and afford them the opportunity to fully contribute to the country they love.”

For Harris, who since ascending to the Senate in 2016 has prioritized shielding immigrants — and specifically the Dreamers — from deportation, Huerta is an important validator, and not only in her home state of California — Huerta comes from a Mexican immigrant family and was raised in Stockton — but also neighboring Nevada, which stands to provide its winner a boost of momentum heading into Super Tuesday.

Huerta, a past recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights, has been active in California politics for decades. She was on stage with Robert Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles the night he won the primary and was later assassinated.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/15/huerta-endorses-kamala-harris-2020-election-1172256

[Gothmog]

1. K&R

[ismnotwasm]

2. Whoa

[DURHAM D]

3. Dolores will likely be bashed by Susan Sarandon.

I am certain Dolores can handle it again.

Huerta is one of my sheroes.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. The greater our candidate, the more the bashing. Take Hillary for example.

She was going to be one of the 3 greatest presidents of all time and was going to make Putin and Nazi's life hell.

[akraven]

4. Ms. Huerta is a heck of an endorsement for anyone.

She resides in my hero/heroine section of mind.

[Gothmog]

5. This is a major endorsement

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

6. That is one hell of an endorsement.

Brava to both strong women.

[Garrett78]

8. That's a big honor.

[aikoaiko]

9. Seems early for an endorsement, but kudos for KH for getting this one.

[Hortensis]

10. Agree early, but timing seems probably a strategic move.

I'd be surprised if she hadn't already been approached by all serious candidates. After all, campaigning starts not just very early but very intensely for power centers whose endorsement and active support can help deliver whole populations. Obviously, one stood out for her.

[Gothmog]

11. This is how it is done

Link to tweet

?s=20

[JHan]

12. +++++

[Cha]

22. Brilliant! That's one for the ages, Goth!

Link to tweet

Gracias! Retweeted!

[sheshe2]

26. dayum.

Love that picture, Cha. Beto gets it.

[Cha]

31. Yes, Beto is a Uniter Not a Divider..

like some people we've seen in action.

Yes, that pic is instant Classic!.. especially if you know the history like we all do, she.. Gracias Goth! !

[Gothmog]

28. Huerta is a national treasure

I appreciate how Beto showed the proper respect to this hero

[Cha]

33. Yes, any self-respecting Progressive would know what a National

Treasure, Delores Huerta is.. and treat her with mutual respect.

Gracias again for the Tweet, Goth!

[Goodheart]

13. Somebody explain the Hispanic name "Dolores" to me

In Spanish it means "pains" and/or "sufferings".

Why would anybody name their daughter that?

[Iggo]

25. Catholics.

Google it.

[JHan]

14. Barbara Lee also endorsed her I think..

Rose Twitter is losing its damn mind. Have already braced myself for the stupid anti-kamala memes.

[Cha]

16. Barbara Lee did endorse Kamala..

Link to tweet

[JHan]

17. A month or more ago Rose Twitter wanted Lee as Speaker..

now she's "Cancelled"

LOL>

[Cha]

20. I was just thinking along those lines

earlier today.. Ro Khanna called those "petty" who voted for Hakeem Jefferies over Barbara Lee for House Democratic Leader Chairmanship.

Wonder how he's feeling about this?

[JHan]

21. honestly .. it's amazing how he gets a pass.

but i realise there are diff. standards for people depending on who they are - some they give room to some they absolutely don't.

[aidbo]

15. Must be because of her policies!

https://kamalaharris.org/policies

[Cha]

18. Barbara Lee: I am thrilled to endorse @kamalaharris for our next President of these United States

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

27. Now Barbara Lee?

Awesome.

[Cha]

29. These brilliant leaders know Kamala, she!

[sheshe2]

30. I am loving her a lot.

Still open for now.

Cha.

[Cha]

32. Yeah, I'm still open but

I'm really impressed that Kamala has Gov Newsome's, Delores Huertas', and Barbara Lee's endorsements! They don't have to endorse her just because she's the Senator of California!

she~

[sheshe2]

34. I am with ya.

I have my 'Obama' radar up.

Luvs!

[Cha]

35. Exactly.. good way to put it..

"Obama radar"!

[betsuni]

19. K&R

[Cha]

23. Barbara Lee, too!

Link to tweet

[honest.abe]

24. Fantastic!